E-mail: saalmann@princeton.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Australian National University, 2005.

Research Interests:

Neural mechanisms of attention, visual processing, how we learn patterns and rules, synaptic plasticity, gender-based persecution and refugees.

Recent Publications:

Roy S, Jayakumar J, Martin PR, Dreher B, Saalmann YB, Hu D, Vidyasagar TR (in press) Segregation of short-wavelength sensitive (S) cone signals in the macaque dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus. Eur. J. Neurosci.

Saalmann YB, Kastner S (in press) Gain control in the visual thalamus during perception and cognition. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol.

Pigarev IN, Saalmann YB, Vidyasagar TR (2009) A minimally invasive and reversible system for chronic recordings from multiple brain sites in macaque monkeys. J. Neurosci. Methods. 181: 151-158.

Saalmann YB, Calford MB (2008) Pregnane steroids and short-term neural plasticity. In: Neuroactive Steroids in Brain Function, Behavioral and Neuropsychiatric Disorders. (Eds. Ritsner MS, Weizman A) Springer, Heidelberg.

Saalmann YB, Pigarev IN, Vidyasagar TR (2007) Neural mechanisms of visual attention: how top-down feedback highlights relevant locations. Science, 316: 1612-1615.

Saalmann YB, Kirkcaldie MTK, Waldron S, Calford MB (2007) Cellular distribution of the GABA-A receptor-modulating 3alpha-Hydroxy, 5alpha-reduced pregnane steroids in the adult rat brain. J. Neuroendocrinol., 19: 272-284.

Saalmann YB, Morgan IG, Calford MB (2006) Neurosteroids involved in regulating inhibition in the inferior colliculus. J. Neurophysiol., 96: 3064-3073.

Selected Conference Proceedings:

Saalmann YB, Balsters JH, Wright MJ, Ramnani N (2008) Learning rules changes connectivity between the prefrontal cortex and cerebellum. Human Brain Mapping 14th Annual Meeting, 407T.

Vidyasagar TR, Saalmann YB (2007) Anomalous sensory processing in LIP and MT when monkeys make errors in a delayed match-to-sample task. Society for Neuroscience 37th Annual Meeting, 229.11.

di Giglio S, Greenacre L, Horowitz LS, Hunter C, Lappin K, Peer S, Saalmann YB (2005) Here but not safe yet: Obstacles to women seeking asylum in Australia on the grounds of gender-based persecution. Presented at the conference: "Hopes fulfilled or dreams shattered? Responding to the needs of new and emerging refugee communities".